Evan Parker
Evan Parker
Evan Shaw Parkeris a British free-improvising saxophone player from the European free jazz scene...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionSaxophonist
Date of Birth5 April 1944
Evan Parker quotes about
summer firsts pivotal-moments
So in the sense that we were all dealing with that freer approach, yes, it was certainly one of the first contacts, perhaps the first contact, when Peter came that summer. So it's a very pivotal moment that is documented there.
understanding important needs
Those early steps are very important in understanding the evolution. But in themselves, maybe now you need the later records to understand the significance of the earlier records!
guarantees way speak
To speak about notation as the only way that you can guarantee structure of course is already very suspect.
synthesis elements kind
A kind of synthesis, but with some elements that perhaps you wouldn't have expected in advance. I always like that when that happens, when something comes that is more than the sum of the parts.
method improvisation
Improvisation is a compositional method.
two mind stuff
In my mind these two instruments speak to me in different ways, and the solo stuff seems to be easier to do on the soprano.
conception document formed fully great john sort struggling time
I think it's a great document of John Stevens' originality. At that time he was already much more fully formed in his conception than I was. I was sort of struggling to keep up, and sometimes it's pretty obvious.